There’s not much that can top the eight-mile beach at Grace Bay in the Turks & Caicos. Its sand is like crystal. The water is turquoise. And the natural reef just off the beach offers some of the best snorkeling in the Caribbean. But the 59-room Hyatt Andaz Hotel and the adjacent 74 condos...
After publishing three books on the houses and masterworks of his great-grandfather, Samuel G. White is zeroing in on the finer points of his work. “Stanford White in Detail” focuses on the ornament and interiors that the partner in McKim, Mead & White dispatched with unmatched elegance in the late...
Dominic Bradbury is a busy man. No sooner did a copy of his “Iconic American Homes” land on our doorstep than his “Mid-Century Modern Design – A Complete Sourcebook” arrived via UPS. But let’s tackle the former first. Subtitled “Architectural Masterworks since 1900,” it’s a 320-page...
From Nov. 6-8, architect Carl Abbott will basically own his home town of Sarasota, Fla. An icon in the world of architecture – and the youngest member of the Sarasota School – Abbott’s still practicing today. He and his work are scheduled be honored by the Sarasota Architectural Foundation – and celebrated...
Forty-eight years ago, on Oct. 4, 1972, the Kimbell Art Museum, designed by Louis Kahn, opened to critical acclaim in Fort Worth, Texas. Boston Globe architecture critic Robert Campbell has called it “the greatest American building of the second half of the 20th century.” Robert McArter, author...
In a time of fake news – and now, bogus debates – why not take a look at fake architecture around the world? That was Anne-Catrin Schultz’s thinking when she sent out a call for entries on the topic to nearly everyone she knew. “There was no funding,” the associate professor of architecture...
On the East Cape of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, opposite Los Cabos, lies a new home designed to float in its landscape. “For us, it begins with where are you in the world, and then, how the architecture amplifies that,’ says Scott Glass, partner in New York-based Guerin Glass Architects. “Our goal...
The Mighty House is a concept whose time has arrived. It’s built in a factory, with 3-D printing technology. It’s sustainable – waste materials can be re-used in the manufacturing process, and with roof-mounted solar panels, it’s a net-zero structure. And once it’s shipped to a building site,...
Pivot is the word of the year for Francesca Bucci, founder and principal in New York’s BG Studio. Up until June, her firm had specialized in designing cruise ships for companies like Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises. As in 15 to 20 ships, every year. “They need to go fast, so we work at extreme...
On Pollepel in the Hudson Highlands, the ruins of Bannerman Castle are slowly being stabilized by a non-profit trust. Actually, it’s a castle in name only. It was built from 1901 to 1918 to serve as a warehouse for army war surplus. “Frank Bannerman was the father of the Army Navy Store,” says...
